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Dread Slaver

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Horror

AVRAvacyn Restored#98rare
Foil

Half a brain rules the mindless.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Dave Kendall
Found in
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Printings2CombosIn 32
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
3/5
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.26
$0.11 low$0.08 gap
Foil+0.0%
$1.10
$0.42 low$0.32 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.26· across 2 printings

Rulings

4 · latest May 1, 2012 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    Dread Slaver will return if it somehow dealt damage to itself and then dies.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    Each time a creature dies, check whether Dread Slaver had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. If so, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it was put into.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    If Dread Slaver and a creature it was blocking or blocked by both die in combat, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    The card will return to the battlefield under your control only if it's still in the graveyard when the ability resolves. If it's not (perhaps because an ability like undying has already returned it to the battlefield), nothing happens.

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